Some terms and sayings that oft repeat in articles... thought will start collecting them ... so this post might be edited as and when I find any interesting ones
Of course, contributions are welcome in the comments section
1) Apres moi, le deluge
French / "after me, the deluge" ..
Comment: Atleast some friends of mine wud know why thats the first in the series :-)
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2) Cogito, ergo sum
French/" I think, therefore I am"
Comment: I don't agree with René Descartes. I am, therefore I think .. neverthless
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3) Caveat emptor
Latin / "let the buyer beware"
Comment: Applies to all my blog visitors :-)
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4) veni, vidi, vici
Latin/ "I came , I saw, I conquered"
Comment: Whats for, I came, I saw, I was conquered ? :-)
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5) argumentum ex silentio
Latin/ "silence of a speaker or writer about X proves or suggests that the speaker or writer is ignorant of X"
Comment: You can't miss this, if you read Koenraad Elst
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6) Bête noire
French / "black beast."
Comment: Something or someone particularly detested or avoided; a bugbear
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7) raison d’être
French/ "reason to exist"
Comment: Have you ever lost urself searching for that ?
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8) Kaine Gnade
German/ No Mercy
Comment: Ummmmmmm
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12 comments:
catch-22
"Damn it if you do, damn it if you don't"
Okay, guess its easier to post away in the comments section
Suppressio veri suggestio falsi
Latin/ "The suppression of truth is the suggestion of falsehood"
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
shud i ?
primus inter pares
Latin/"first among equals"
Its kind of interesting how so many Latin words have made into the legal langauge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legal_Latin_terms
My favorites being habeas corpus and locus standi
Makes me wonder about the
"characterestic soul of a Nation" as Aurobindo put it
like france known for its LEF ...
US for "freedom" ....
India for its spirituality...
So what are some of the words we have contributed ?
Karma, Dharma, Guru, Avatar, Yoga , chakra , ....
I am sure there more
Of course
"Et tu Brute?"
summum bonum
Latin/"the supreme good from which all others are derived"
ηὕρηκα
Ha ha ha, thats how apparently
"Heureka" is written in Greek
Questo dipende
Italian/ "it depends"
Calling it a nite :-)
"suaviter in modo; fortiter in re"
- Latin for Gentle in manner, firm/ resolute in action.
Operationally, it could also be translated as 'iron hand in a velvet glove'.
A great prinicple for personality building...I strongly feel it adds grace and great dignity to one's persona.
Credo quia absurdum ( Latin )-
I believe because it is absurd
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